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Vicki Almond was peering into her computer screen one recent afternoon when a plumber overseeing excavation work at St. Thomas' Church interrupted her with some startling news."

Coppin State men's basketball coach Fang Mitchell is nothing if not jocular on the subject of his team's yearly cross-country journey, which began early yesterday morning and amounts to a six-week fundraiser for the school's athletic department. Mitchell, also the school's athletic director, wouldn't reveal how much the Eagles (14-15 last season) would raise from playing their first 14 games on the road, beginning with tonight's 8 o'clock game against Charlotte in the first round of the BCA Invitational in Laramie, Wyo. "I've yet to give an exact figure - it's under a half-million and more than $100,000," Mitchell said of what the team stands to reap by going through a slate of 11 guarantee games highlighted by 2005 Final Four teams Michigan State and Illinois.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts says that the Black Guerrilla Family gang is spurring much of the recent violence in the city as it tries to expand its reach.  Batts, who recently took over as commissioner after working 30 years on the West Coast, asked his commanders to draw up "conflict diagrams" so he could better understand the web of connections driving crime in Baltimore.  He said those diagrams showed that the Black Guerrilla...

JANICE WADDELL FOERTSCH, 62, of 8 Sourwood Brook Court, died November 3, 2009 at his home. A native of Coal City, West Virginia, daughter of the late Clifton Arthur and Goldie Cooper Waddell, she was a retired employee of Giant Foods. Surviving are her husband, Joseph F. Foertsch of the home; a daughter, Teresa Goddar of Baltimore, MD; a son, Kenneth Schiminger of Greenville, SC; a daughter, Deborah Barlow of Greenville, SC; three sons, Michael Foertsch of Stevensville, MD, Tad Foertsch of Baltimore, MD and Troy Foertsch of Edgewood, MD; and a brother, Darrell Waddell of Dundalk, MD; a sister, Pat Spiker of Westminister, MD; a brother-in-law, Bob Gymerick of Perry Hall, MD; eleven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

On May 19, 2007, MILDRED G.; survived by husband, Marion F.; son, Wayne F.; daughters, Janet Crawford and Cynthia Ragin; seven grandchildren and a host of other family and friends. Friends may call the WYLIE FUNERAL HOME, P.A. OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, 9200 Liberty Road, on Thursday from 6 to 8 P.M. Services held Friday Central Baptist Church, 2035 W. Baltimore Street, 10 A.M. Wake 10:30 A.M. Funeral. Interment following. Inquiries www.wyliefuneralhome.com

On November 19, 2008 CHERYL FRANCINE (nee Nixon), loving wife of the late James L. Waddell, Sr., devoted mother to Antoine Nixon and Raenell Worrells. Dear mother-in-law to June Nixon, beloved grandmother of Anissa and Jaden Nixon. Beloved sister of Gary Nixon, Jennifer Pack, Lynnette Thomas, Ronald Nixon, Andrea Davis and Carlton Nixon. Loving sister-in-law to Yowanda Nixon, Millard Pack, Larry Thomas, Sr. and Joseph Davis, Sr. She was predeceased by father and mother Nathaniel and Rosie V. Nixon, brother Robert Hawkins, Sr. and sister Brenda Hudson-Smith.

The community wishes to extend its sincerest sympathies to the family and friends of William "Bill" Walker, who recently passed away. Bill will surely be missed by all and always be remembered by his flamboyant style and driving his white 1952 MGTD. Sincerest sympathies to the family and friends of Mattie Waddell, who passed away recently, from her friends at Dublin. Mattie was quite a lady and will surely be missed by all who new her. The Horton/Burchette Reunion was held at the home of Lisa and David Lane this Saturday with family from Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Delaware, Virginia, Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina and Maryland.

Rick O'Daniel opens his mouth and out comes the most amazing sentence: "My cat looks like a Holstein," he says.You can't help yourself. "A Holstein?" you blurt out, maybe a little too loudly."

Michael Waddell didn't plan on being famous, at least among the hunters who now watch his weekly "Bone Collector" television show on the Outdoor Channel. He never thought about people buying his camouflage hats, T-shirts and other merchandise. He still can't believe that he has his own trademark muzzleloader with his now-recognizable logo engraved on it. "I never even really had a dream of being a television personality," Waddell said last week in Frederick, where he was one of the main attractions at the National Rifle Association's Great American Hunting and Outdoor Show.

Towson will name Mike Waddell , a senior associate director of athletics at the University of Cincinnati, its new athletic director, according to a source. Waddell will be introduced Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Minnegan room of Johnny Unitas Stadium. Waddell replaces Mike Hermann, who resigned after four years at Towson on June 15. Waddell, a 1991 graduate of Guilford (N.C.) College who also has a master's degree in sport administration from Ohio University, spent five years at Cincinnati.